W.e. Channing Quotes

You have the dreams that you want, and then you have to do other jobs until you can get to that dream.

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

It's always great to have another chance at something.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.

Knowledge is essential to freedom.

In the long run, truth is aided by nothing so much as by opposition.

My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily.

He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.

Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe.

Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

I'm frustrated when I see movies in which I feel like the plot is being told to me instead of shown to me.

Girls were always my biggest distraction in school.

You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

I think that's the phenomenon of our time is that a lot of women keep themselves in good shape but that there's not a lot of accommodation or people out there to connect with and the technology.

Casting can be heartbreaking. Dealing with the disappointment is the hardest part.

I went hunting, I shot a deer, and it mortified me. I just couldn't do it again.

I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!

I've always said that movies are a direct mirror of the director.

American audiences love period pieces. America doesn't have a lot of old things. It's a new country so I think we're a little bit fascinated by that.

I don't ever get the great looking lawyer roles because I've got a thick neck from playing football.

I'm not a comedian. I can play off of people, but I'm not that guy. I don't want people being like, 'Yeah, he should have stuck with drama.' It would not be my choice to have critics mumbling that.

One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds.

We honor revelation too highly to make it the antagonist of reason, or to believe that it calls us to renounce our highest powers.

What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!

Life has a higher end, than to be amused

We never know a greater character unless there is in ourselves something congenial to it.

Most joyful let the Poet be, it is through him that all men see.

You should never worry too much about achieving your goals, because in the long run you might not find yourself too happy when you get there.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.

Let us aspire towards this living confidence, that it is the will of God to unfold and exalt without end the spirit that entrusts itself to Him in well-doing as to a faithful Creator.

Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.

To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.

Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a nerd inside, I don't care how cool you are.

When I was younger I thought I was an artist, and inspiration would just come to me.

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.

I want to go working with good people on something that's good, because otherwise it's a big waste of time. I don't have that much time.

A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.

We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.

Everyone always talks about the speed of New York, and I still walk slow around New York, and everyone is walking faster than me all the time, and I notice it every time we go out.

It comes down to the experience of it. The more you fight, the more you know, the more you can use in the ring.

The great hope of society is in individual character

I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had.